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Acute Respiratory Failure Case Study Mr. Hill You’re charting at the ICU nurses’ station when you hear the code siren sound. You run to room 220 and find that Mr. Hill, a 68-year-old man admitted... yesterday for acute respiratory failure, has respiratory arrested. One nurse is trying to ventilate Mr. Hill with a manual resuscitation bag, but she’s having a hard time keeping his airway open and bagging at the same time. You hear the air rushing out around the mask, and you don’t see his chest rising. Another nurse is trying to find the endotracheal tubes in the crash cart. A nursing assistant is attempting to shove a backboard under Mr. Hill, in case chest compressions are needed. A third nurse is charting furiously on the code record. In the midst of the chaos, no one else notices that Mr. Hill isn’t receiving adequate ventilation. You grab the mask with both hands to ensure a tight seal and tilt his head back to open the airway. The nurse who is bagging looks relieved when you both see his chest rise and hear a “whoosh” enter his lungs. [Show More]

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